Hazel Jones

1902 - 1995  (92 years)

• Name	Hazel Jones
  Birth	15 Sep 1902	Arkansas
  Gender	Female
  Death	6 Jun 1995	Hampton, Virginia
  Burial	10 Jun 1995	Arlington, Arlington, Virginia
  Person ID	I42681	Scudder
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2016

  
  

  Family	Colonel Irvine Callender Scudder,   b. 9 Oct 1895, Biloxi, Harrison, Mississippi d. 4 Apr 1950, Fort Sam Houston, Bexar, Texas (Age 54 years)
  Children	1. M. Scudder   2. W.I. Scudder
  Family ID	F15110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Helen received bachelor of arts and bachelor of music degrees from Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and a master's degree in educational administration from the University of Kentucky. She did additional postgraduate work at the University of Chicago, George Peabody College for Teachers, Vanderbilt University and State University of New York at Plattsburgh, and was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma national education honorary. She served as an associate professor of history at Ouachita Baptist University for five years before her marriage to the late U.S. Army Col. Irvine C. Scudder, and during World War II served as an instructor of history at the University of Kentucky. On her husband's death in 1950, Mrs. Scudder was named superintendent of the Fort Benning Children's School, retiring in 1969 as superintendent emeritus. Recognized in Who's Who in American Education and Who's Who of American Women, she is a member emeritus of the American Association of School Administrators, was one of the seven initial Georgia members of the Southern Association Commission, and was the representative of Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine dependent schools at the White House Conference on Education in 1955. For her contributions, The National Junior Honor Society chapter at Fort Benning was named for her, and she was named an honorary Kentucky colonel by the governor of that state.